To Allahabad & Back

Photos from a trip to Allahabad & Back. Includes new photos of the Curzon bridge - By Abhijit Lokre

Date: 2007-04-16
Owner: Gallery Administrator
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The entry/exit to the Naini bridge have these old structures which support gates

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Road traffic on the Naini bridge too is restricted. The trains too have speed restrictions. A new cable stayed bridge has been built by the NHAI some distance from the old bridge

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A TKD WDM2 speeds through Sabarmati with a container rake. This was minutes before the Ashram was due. This train stayed ahead of us all the way till Abu Road. Abhijit

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Thats fast! The Rajdhani speeds through the Uttar Pradesh countryside. Abhijit

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The excitement of a single line. The Ashram waits for the Pooja express 27 km from Rewari. The passengers and the RPF seemed a little bit too interested and I beat a hasty retreat into my coach.

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Another station, another crossing. Ashram waits for a passenger train which arrives behind a LDH WDM3a.

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Inside the LHB Rajdhani.

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Approaching the Ganges. An express train takes the curve onto the bridge near Allahabad

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LKO's Prabal leads the express onto the bridge

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And crosses to the other side. The semaphore arm is down as the train approaches Phaphamau station

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Another express train approaches the bridge from Phaphamau side.

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And the complete rake on the bridge.

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The sun sets over the Ganges. Photograph taken from the old Curzon bridge

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View from the new road bridge. The iron structure is the Curzon bridge beyond which is the new rail bridge.

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A view of all three bridges. The central bridge is the Curzon bridge. This had both rail and road traffic, but now carries only two-wheelers. The rail bridge is on the right and road bridge on the left.